HOUSE BILL No. 6040

 

May 4, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Gillard, Anderson, Garfield, Tobocman, Bieda, Sheltrown, Plakas, Polidori, Vagnozzi, Gonzales, McDowell, Bennett and Cheeks and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 811k (MCL 257.811k), as added by 2000 PA 73.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811k.  (1) The secretary of state shall develop under

 

section 811e and, upon application, may issue under section 811f a

 

state-sponsored lighthouse fund-raising registration plate and a

 

matching state-sponsored lighthouse fund-raising collector plate as

 

provided under section 811g. The plate shall be of a design as

 

determined by the secretary of state.

 

     (1)  (2)  The Michigan lighthouse preservation grant fund is

 

created as a separate fund in the department of treasury. The fund

 

shall be expended only as provided in this section. The state

 

treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for


 

deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the

 

investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the

 

fund interest and earnings from fund investments. The state

 

treasurer shall annually present to the  secretary of state  

 

department of history, arts, and libraries an accounting of the

 

amount of money in the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the

 

fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the

 

general fund.

 

     (2)  (3)  The  secretary of state  department of history,

 

arts, and libraries shall administer the Michigan lighthouse

 

preservation grant fund and may expend money from  the  that fund

 

through discretionary historical grants to preserve Michigan

 

lighthouses. The  secretary of state  department of history, arts,

 

and libraries shall not use not more than 10% of the funds for the

 

secretary of state's  costs that occur from fund administration and

 

grant project coordination.

 

     (3)  (4)  The  secretary of state  department of history,

 

arts, and libraries may award grants under subsection (2) for the

 

preparation of plans and specifications for restoration and

 

stabilization and for stabilization, rehabilitation, or other

 

preservation work on a Michigan lighthouse, but grants shall not be

 

awarded for operational purposes. The  secretary of state  

 

department of history, arts, and libraries shall allocate grant

 

funds  pursuant  according to eligibility and scoring requirements

 

established by the  secretary of state  department of history,

 

arts, and libraries. To award grants under this section, the

 

secretary of state  department of history, arts, and libraries


 

shall solicit applications from eligible  recipients  applicants,

 

score applications based on the established criteria, and award

 

grants to recipients through executed contracts. All plans and work

 

performed under a grant shall be consistent with the United States

 

secretary of the interior's standards for rehabilitation and

 

guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings, 36  C.F.R.  CFR

 

67, historic preservation certifications.

 

     (4)  (5) Lighthouse fund-raising registration plate donations

 

collected under section 811f and matching lighthouse collector

 

plate fund-raising donations collected under section  Fund-raising

 

donations for plates recognizing the historic lighthouses of this

 

state under sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under

 

section  811m  811h by the secretary of state to the state

 

treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the Michigan

 

lighthouse preservation grant fund for the preservation of historic

 

Michigan lighthouses.

 

     (6) For purposes of this chapter, "state-sponsored lighthouse

 

fund-raising registration plate" means a registration plate

 

containing a specialized design pertaining to historic Michigan

 

lighthouses.